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Funeral homes in Marion County, IA
How Marion County, IA compares with other counties and the U.S. for funeral homes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #827 of 1,472 scored counties
#12 of 44 scored counties in Iowa
- Listings
- 8
- 2 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2.3M
- On funerals · $172 a household
- Spending per listing
- $286K
- 58% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.0
- 2.9 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 34,192
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 funeral homes in Marion County. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That comes to 6.0 for every 10,000 households, 2.9 times the U.S. rate of 2.1.
Households in Marion County spend about $2.3M a year on funerals, or $172 per household, 20% above the U.S. average. Spread across 8 funeral homes, that is $286K per home, 58% below the U.S. figure of $679K.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Marion County classed as funeral homes and funeral services. That is one for every 4,439 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Marion County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for funeral homes in Marion County is 46 (lower middle), #827 of 1,472 scored counties and #12 of 44 scored counties in Iowa.
How Marion County compares
The same measures for Iowa and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all funerals by the funeral homes counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Marion County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.0 | 3.9 | 2.1 |
| Spending per listing | $286K | $373K | $679K |
| Households per official establishment | 4,439 | 4,073 | 8,510 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.7% | −1.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on funerals | $172 | $144 | $143 |
| Median household income | $78,680 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 22 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 11
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $323K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 82 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as funeral homes and funeral services in Marion County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Marion County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 34,192+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 13,316
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 555 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 61
- Median household income
- $78,680+28.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,547
- Median home value
- $233,000
- Jobs located here
- 19,073
- Daytime population
- 36,093Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for funeral homes, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Marion County marked.
Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pottawattamie County, IA | 66 | 6 | 1.6 | $921K | −0.7% | #322 of 1,472 |
| 2Scott County, IA | 65 | 11 | 1.5 | $893K | +0.4% | #351 of 1,472 |
| 3Johnson County, IA | 65 | 9 | 1.4 | $766K | +4.6% | #356 of 1,472 |
| 4Polk County, IA | 62 | 35 | 1.7 | $662K | +4.8% | #439 of 1,472 |
| 5Linn County, IA | 61 | 15 | 1.6 | $863K | +0.7% | #452 of 1,472 |
| 6Dallas County, IA | 58 | 9 | 2.1 | $560K | +17.8% | #522 of 1,472 |
| 7Dubuque County, IA | 54 | 12 | 2.9 | $527K | +0.1% | #608 of 1,472 |
| 8Warren County, IA | 54 | 10 | 4.8 | $314K | +9.0% | #617 of 1,472 |
| 9Black Hawk County, IA | 49 | 12 | 2.2 | $602K | +0.4% | #720 of 1,472 |
| 10Story County, IA | 49 | 8 | 2.1 | $554K | +2.7% | #723 of 1,472 |
| 12Marion County, IA | 46 | 8 | 6.0 | $286K | +2.3% | #827 of 1,472 |
Other business types in Marion County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
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Home services
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Questions
How many funeral homes are in Marion County, IA?
There are 8 funeral homes on map listings in Marion County as of September 2026. 2 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count funeral homes, mortuaries and cremation services. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as funeral homes and funeral services in 2023.
How much do households in Marion County, IA spend on funerals?
About $2.3M a year, or $172 per household. That is 20% above the U.S. average (an index of 120, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 funeral homes on map listings, it comes to $286K per home. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,316 households in Marion County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Marion County, IA compare with the U.S. for funeral homes?
Marion County has 6.0 funeral homes per 10,000 households, 2.9 times the U.S. rate of 2.1. Spending per home is $286K, 58% below the U.S. figure of $679K. At the national ratio of funeral homes to household spending, Marion County would have about 3, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,439 households, against one for every 8,510 across the U.S.
How fast is Marion County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Marion County at 34,192 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,316 households. Median household income in Marion County is $78,680, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.9%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Marion County scores 46 for funeral homes (lower middle), #827 of 1,472 scored counties.
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